Round 9: Right hand from Hutchinson, who has switched back to orthodox. Two-fisted response from Richards. Left hand to the body from Hutchinson. Richards responds with a sharp right to the head. More showboating and quick shots from Hutchinson, but he gets nailed by a head-snapping right. Another BIG RIGHT from Richards, which was his best punch of the fight. Late rounds might be interesting. He NEEDS the knockout.
Joshua lost his unified world championship to Oleksandr Usyk and could not beat the Ukrainian in a 2022 rematch. But he has rebuilt from those two defeats, racking up three wins over the course of 2023.
Apart from the belated release from the Chinese 140 division boxing champions authorities and the promotional companies’ fiasco, Zhang’s peak years were also squandered because of visa troubles as a Chinese citizen which led to the cancellation of several bouts. While he stuck outside the U.S., his form dropped as he could not train as he usually did.
In a message sent exclusively to CGTN Europe, the Chinese southpaw called on Joshua and his team to get the fight on, but said he believes the two-time world championship’s team are “thinking about how to keep Joshua away from me.”
Round 4: Has Zhang missed with a straight left yet? I mean, he must have done but this is a slog for Joyce right now. Perhaps his much-vaunted engine comes into play later but Zhang is dictating the pace so isn’t liable to tire any time soon. Any Joyce success is being responded to with interest. A chopping Joyce right clocks Zhang on the temple. He needs more of that. Left, right from Zhang and Joyce wobbles before the bell.
Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs), 32, from Ilford in east London, was stopped in eight rounds by unified titleholder Artur Beterbiev in January and got his career back on track with a simple win over late replacement Silva (22-9, 12 KOs), from Portugal.
Chinese powerhouse Zhilei Zhang scored an emphatic fifth-round TKO over Deontay Wilder and may have closed the lid on the former WBC heavyweight champ’s career at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on Saturday. The official time was 1:51.
Wilder vs. Zhang took place June 1 at the Freedom Arena in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. Deontay Wilder (43-4-1) and Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1) squared off in the the main event clash. The fight aired live on pay-per-view on DAZN.
“I’ll see what happens when the time comes if I should exercise my right but that’s something I never pay attention to in this camp. My whole focus is Joseph Parker, I know he’s a tough opponent, he’s my priority right now,” said Zhang, who will fly to Saudi Arabia on Feb. 27.
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After Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles—poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that. That’s why I really appreciated Geisha, because it allowed us to show the world what kind of actors we are and what kind of characters we can play—not just action, kick-ass parts.
Wilder shoots a right hand. Zhang a left to the body. Zhang using that size early to push Wilder around. Both men taking their time. This is all about one, single shot from either side. Zhang shoots a left to the body as Wilder retreats out. Wilder fires a right that misses.
Vargas (36-1-1, 22 KOs), who was unhappy with the knockdowns and thought he should not have been given a count, said through an interpreter: “Yes, of course I will fight Ball in a rematch. I would even go to his backyard to fight him.”
9:22pm BST/5:22pm ET: Next up it’s the co-main event. Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) made plenty of friends over in the UK even if she lost her grudge match against Alycia Baumgardner on the undercard of Claressa Shields and Savanah Marshall’s blockbuster showdown at the O2 Arena last October. As such, the American is back on this side of the Atlantic to plot her next bid for world honours following that first career defeat. A bout with Christina Linardatou, the only fighter to defeat Baumgardner, was lined up with all the delicious narrative that entailed. However, Linardatou’s BBB of C medical came back with an anomaly on her eye exam and she was not cleared to fight. Sweden’s Lucy Wildheart (10-1, 4 KOs) is in as a late replacement.
Zhilei Zhang semble avoir ciblé son prochain adversaire. Le champion WBO par intérim en titre était parmi les rares poids lourds de premier plan à ne pas être invité lors de la soirée « Day of Reckoning » à Riyad, en Arabie Saoudite. La tête d’affiche était Anthony Joshua, ancien double titre…